Well friends, after four years of Corner of the Sky, this podcast is going on indefinite hiatus. But to leave on a high note, we’ve got a full game show episode! Moisés Chiullán, Brian Hamilton, David Loehr, Jean MacDonald, and Shelly Brisbin a

Kill Your Mother, Cancel Your Bar Mitzvah

Apr 6th, 2021 59m 40s

Yoni Weiss talks the charmingly dysfunctional family of Falsettos. Highlights: masculinity, borrowing synagogue chairs, Chip Zien, high school productions of Elegies, maturation, regression, lesbians, family. Quinn Rose with Yoni Weiss.

Another National Anthem

Mar 3rd, 2021 42m 40s

Margaret Hall talks the “most controversial musical ever,” Assassins. Highlights: flashpoint memories, Assassins Creed, Kidz Bop, shoulder devil, 9/11, John Weidman, empathy. Content warning: discussion of gun violence. Quinn Rose with Marga

Bury Your Straights

Feb 3rd, 2021 53m 29s

Aaron Roberts talks the depressingly universal Follies. Highlights: no one can stop my musical theater enthusiasm, nostalgia, the gayest musical without any homosexuality in it, summer camp, ghosts, Michael Bennett, Pirates of the Caribbean. Q

Luck Be A Lady

Jan 5th, 2021 46m 10s

Philip Michaels talks the persistent classic Guys & Dolls. Highlights: all in one place (except for Cuba), undercover cop, hijinks, female agency, Tom Hooper, revivals, Frank Sinatra. Quinn Rose with Philip Michaels.

Don't Be Gay in Indiana

Dec 5th, 2020 41m 38s

Holly Sansom talks the infectiously optimistic show The Prom. Highlights: The Drowsy Chaperone, seeing theater for work, TV performances, girls kissing, we’re all lesbians, cringing, Glee. Quinn Rose with Holly Sansom.

Brandy's Cinderella

Nov 3rd, 2020 58m 4s

Kat Largent talks the always-evolving classic Cinderella. Highlights: Whitney Houston, musicals as popular music, revivals, award eligibility, casting movie musicals, onstage quick changes, basic but beautiful. Quinn Rose with Kat Largent.

I'll Ask Mom

Oct 1st, 2020 40m 32s

Stanley Rose talks the charming satire/homage Something Rotten. Highlights: Christian Borle, write what you know, the Black Death!, simple entertainment, fact checking with Mom, humming the songs. Quinn Rose with Stanley Rose.

Camp Counselor Christ

Sep 1st, 2020 53m 28s

Kerri Kearse talks the “drum circle for the Lord” and/or musical Godspell. Highlights: directorial freedom, Christian rock, belting about the Lord, baby George Salazar, Marianne Williamson, race in casting, parables, Jesus Christ Superstar, ea

Finishing the Hat

May 18th, 2020 45m 44s

Emily Clark talks the pointillist musical Sunday in the Park with George. Highlights: Bounce, autobiographical musicals, putting it together, universal (or not), historical inaccuracy, Pulitzer Prizes, Mandy Patinkin. Quinn Rose with Emily Cl

You Oughta Know

May 12th, 2020 57m 3s

Jhanelle Benton talks the unflinching rock musical Jagged Little Pill. Highlights: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, being overly attached to the cast, interpretative dance, fluid movement, Elizabeth Stanley, gushing about the ensemble, Christmas

You've Got Mail

May 5th, 2020 50m 38s

Emily Lewis talks the warm-hearted and delicious She Loves Me. Highlights: Alabama, Hungarian writers, theater with teenagers, lack of communication, interesting dances, uninteresting dances, ice cream, lonely hearts. Quinn Rose with Emily Le

Et Cetera

Apr 27th, 2020 1h 1m

Jason Snell talks the deceptively complex The King and I. Highlights: childhood, Yul Brynner, dresses, orientalism, they fixed some of the orientalism, complex characters, too-long songs, b-sides from The Sound of Music, etc, etc, etc. Quinn R

Bobby is a Softboy

Apr 20th, 2020 47m 44s

Allison Truj talks the alternately nihilistic and uplifting Company. Highlights: Little Women (2019), Marriage Story (2019), cautionary tales, fish pants, aging poorly, Patti LuPone, getting broken up with at the intermission of Phantom of the

Maybe This Time

Apr 11th, 2020 54m 51s

Lisa Schmeiser talks the flamboyant and doomed world of Cabaret. Highlights: Schitt’s Creek, Chicago, Berlin as a character, the rise of fascism, acting like you’re bad at acting, stunt casting, ambiguity. Quinn Rose with Lisa Schmeiser.

Prince Ali is a Scrub

Apr 4th, 2020 43m 3s

Javier Matusevich talks Starkid and Twisted. Highlights: Wicked, Cruella de Vil, Aladdin sucks, 1001 Nights, college students, in-jokes, making fun of what you love. Quinn Rose with Javier Matusevich.

I'm The Queen of the Castle

Mar 7th, 2020 49m 37s

Annette Wierstra talks international sensation Six. Highlights: young writers, short shows, Edmonton, tours, rewriting the narrative, amazing dancers, big Eliza Hamilton energy. Quinn Rose with Annette Wierstra.

Put on Your Sunday Clothes

Mar 3rd, 2020 47m 48s

Lauren Pokedoff talks the optimistic classic Hello Dolly. Highlights: watching a whole Tony season, Bette Midler, sleeping on the street for tickets, strong women, Barbra Streisand, spectacle. Quinn Rose with Lauren Pokedoff.

Digital Fur Technology

Feb 22nd, 2020 50m 53s

Brian Hamilton talks the fever dream that is Cats (both the stage and film versions). Highlights: Personally victimized by Cats (2019), fully filmed Broadway performances, breaking the fourth wall, dance musicals, poetry, T.S. Eliot, JaSOn DEr

Tell Everyone What's Up

Jun 29th, 2019 48m 59s

Highlights: dream casting, hope to theater kids, low budget costumes, Disney cleans up New York, it’s a metaphor, Susan Egan, gushing about Belle, toxic masculinity, 4D movies, drunk composer promises. Quinn Rose with Felicia Fitzpatrick.

My Goddess Diane Paulus

Jun 23rd, 2019 51m 2s

Highlights: watching shows many times, well-rounded side characters, Sara Bareilles, She Used to Be Mine and Now I’m Crying, problematic relationships, movement based choreography, all-female creative team, motherhood.

Spooky Mormon Hell Dream

Jun 15th, 2019 58m 42s

Highlights: satire, respect, disrespect, stereotypes, religion, a jumble of all things previously named, the actual Mormon church, Josh Gad, wholesome adult comedy, we’re taking this show so seriously.

We Brought Binoculars

Jun 8th, 2019 49m 36s

Highlights: your OTP could never, emotionally devastating, everything is changing, it’s a metaphor, subway maps, crying on the podcast, universality through specificity, legacy, you got sad.

High School Musical: Grease

Jun 1st, 2019 26m 34s

In lieu of a regular episode, this week we bring you a portion from our latest members only episode, in which Kerri Kearse and I developed high school theater seasons comprised entirely of shows that had to be heavily adapted from their origina

Panicking in Scottish

May 25th, 2019 46m 48s

Highlights: The poor man’s Rogers and Hammerstein, tartan, Oklahoma!, 18th century Scotland, dystopian hellscape, born in the wrong generation before it was cool, horny in the 40s, show tunes as popular music, old men playing bagpipes, happy en